Hats off to Deputy Jackie Cahill who continues to campaign on behalf of farmer, Dan Brennan and his family who suffered grievous economic and emotional stress on foot of a suspected pollution episode on their north Kilkenny farm almost two decades ago.
Culpability has never been proven but the indicators point towards potential emissions.
Jackie took another opportunity to highlight the case in the Dáil during December and, despite the agriculture minister's absence from the chamber, made another compelling case for a full review of all pertinent evidence by an independent specialist. It could be said that absence of new evidence is not evidence of an absence of an external cause of the animal, grass and hedgerow harm that occurred on the Brennan farm.
